Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Suffix

*-ati

1. From imperfective verbs, forming interative/durative

   Synonym: *-iti

   *byvati ← *byti

   *jьmati ← *ęti (pres. *jьmǫ)

   *vykati ← *vyknǫti

   *badati ← *bosti

   *barati ← *borti

   *xaďati ← *xoditi

   *garati ← *gorěti

2. From perfective verbs, forming imperfective

   *nadymati ← *nadǫti (pres. *nadъmǫ)

   *jьzděvati ← *jьzděti

   *jьzpadati ← *jьzpasti

   *narěkati/*narikati ← *nareťi

   *napajati ← *napojiti

3. From nouns

   Synonyms: *-iti, *-ovati

   *dělati ← *dělo

4. From adjectives

   *cělovati ← *cělъ

Usage notes

• Usually with vowel lengthening
• In some cases *-iti is used instead of *-ati (*jьzvoditi ← *jьzvesti)
• Sometimes descendants develop twice suffixed forms: *napojavati?, *krajavati

Derived terms

► Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ati

• *-avъ

Further reading

• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*byvati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 157
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьmati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 08, Moscow: Nauka, page 225
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navykati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 24, Moscow: Nauka, page 45
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*badati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 121
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*barati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 158
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xadjati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 08, Moscow: Nauka, page 10
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1979), “*garati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 06, Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzděvati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 09, Moscow: Nauka, page 25
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzpadati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 09, Moscow: Nauka, page 56
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzvoditi”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 09, Moscow: Nauka, page 96
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napajati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 206
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*narěkati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 242
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*narikati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 246
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*nadymati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 21
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dělati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 04, Moscow: Nauka, page 231
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cělovati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1988), “*likati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 15, Moscow: Nauka, page 103
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 12, Moscow: Nauka, page 86
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napojavati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 221